The darling of the ocean voyage is back on our screens with a fourth series of the Channel 5 show Cruising With... in which she goes even farther afield to bring the masses all aboard

Edited by Lisa Minot

3rd June 2018, 2:20 am

Updated: 3rd June 2018, 2:20 am

CRUISE liner darling Jane McDonald returns to our screens on Friday with the fourth series of hit Channel 5 show Cruising With.

The last run picked up a Bafta and this season sees Jane head further afield in her mission to bring cruising to the masses.Here, she describes the fun and fabulous sights in the new show as she heads Down Under...

Every single person was on deck staring at the mist rising from the water.

And once we arrived, it was just non-stop. There is so much to do: I went to the places they filmed The Hobbit, I jumped off the Sky Tower in Auckland, I went quad biking, visited a Maori tribe village and took in Tasmania.

We also went to this fantastic place called Devil’s Bath in Wai-O-Tapu. Thermal pools with every mineral you can think of.

But my favourite place was Dunedin, which has a rich Scottish heritage. Scotland was my favourite place but New Zealand is like Scotland on steroids but without the midges. It’s beautiful.